WHAT: Data from late-breaking clinical trials of new interventional techniques and devices will be released at TCT 2009 – Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics – the global annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Researchers will present a variety of new data that promises to advance the field of interventional cardiology. The TCT 2009 final program is now available at:
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